From 138a3a008e77229eb2ef68898f00373e4d4385fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 17:28:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs, README: import release notes from Gluon v2016.2.1 --- README.md | 2 +- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/user/getting_started.rst | 4 +-- 4 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6f487a43..59b4b852 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the future development of Gluon. Please refrain from using the `master` branch for anything else but development purposes! Use the most recent release instead. You can list all relaseses by running `git branch -a` -and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2.1 && make update`. If you're using the autoupdater, do not autoupdate nodes with anything but releases. If you upgrade using random master commits the nodes *will break* eventually. diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 0ddd1878..0ef31113 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Releases .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2016.2.1 releases/v2016.2 releases/v2016.1.6 releases/v2016.1.5 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f71205c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +Gluon 2016.2.1 +============== + +Added hardware support +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +ar71xx-generic +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* TP-Link + + - TL-WA901ND v4 + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* Make status page work with disabled cookies/local storage + (`#912 `_) + +* Update kernel to 3.18.44 + + Fixes CVE-2016-5195 and CVE-2016-7117. It is unlikely that these issues pose + a threat to usual Gluon setups, but installing additional packages may make a + system vulnerable. In any case, updating is highly recommended. + +* Downgrade mac80211 to an earlier state + + Unfortunately, a mac80211 update that was done shortly before the release of + Gluon v2016.2 (that seemed necessary to properly support ath10k devices) had + again caused severe ath9k stability issues that remained unreported until v2016.2 + was out. + + We have now reverted mac80211 to an earlier state that was reported to be very + stable (while keeping the ath10k-specific changes); in addition, some patches + that were reported to cause connection or performance issues with certain clients + have been reverted. While is it still not perfectly stable, is should be at least + as good as (and probably better than) the v2016.1.x release series. + +Known Issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended. + +* The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 `_) + + This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed). + +* Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 `_) + + The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while. + +* Git HTTPS downloads from git.kernel.org fail on Debian Wheezy (`#919 `_) + + The GnuTLS version on Debian Wheezy is too old and can't establish a connection with + git.kernel.org anymore. A newer GnuTLS version is available in wheezy-backports, but + as there is no libcurl3-gnutls package linked against the new version, installing the + new version has no effect. diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst index 1ebe37a1..f5f4759d 100644 --- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst +++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gluon's releases are managed using `Git tags`_. If you are just getting started with Gluon we recommend to use the latest stable release of Gluon. Take a look at the `list of gluon releases`_ and notice the latest release, -e.g. *v2016.2*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2016.2.1*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it as a Zip archive as the archive will be missing version information. Please keep in mind that there is no "default Gluon" build; a site configuration @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Building the images ------------------- To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the -version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2.1*. ::